Proposed legislation would keep guns out of schools

The House and Senate Education Committee chairs and Attorney General Beau Biden introduced legislation March 29 what would establish "safe school zones" and create a new crime for those who carry a firearm or destructive weapon in those areas.

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Posted Mar. 29, 2013 at 1:50 PM
Updated Mar 29, 2013 at 2:03 PM

By Staff Reports

Posted Mar. 29, 2013 at 1:50 PM
Updated Mar 29, 2013 at 2:03 PM

Dover, Del.

The House and Senate Education Committee chairs and Attorney General Beau Biden introduced legislation March 29 what would establish "safe school zones" and create a new crime for those who carry a firearm or destructive weapon in those areas.

The bill would ban the possession of firearms or destructive weapons in schools and on school property. A person possessing those weapons would be charged with a class D felony, which is punishable by up to eight years in prison. The ban only applies to schools school buses, and school property. It does not apply to firearms that are in motor vehicles on school property when the driver is at a legitimate school function.

More than 35 other states already restrict firearms on school property, including Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.